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Alison Stewart

Biography

Alison Stewart

Reviewer

Hi everyone! I'm a 17-year-old high school senior and self-proclaimed horrible vegan. The coolest thing I've ever done was performing four-and-a-half minutes of stand-up on public TV. As you can probably guess, I love reading --- everything from middle-grade science fiction to 200-year-old Gothic to contemporary Young Adult. I love how some libraries are big enough to have their own elevators and my life ambition is to visit Antarctica.

Top Five Favorite Books:

1) THE LATHE OF HEAVEN by Ursula K. Le Guin

2) THE GIVER by Lois Lowry

3) THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde

4) ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine

5) HOUSE OF STAIRS by William Sleator

Alison Stewart

Reviews by Alison Stewart

by Ilana Manaster - Fiction, Young Adult 13+, Youth Fiction

If Doreen Gray were to take a selfie upon her arrival at the elite Chandler Academy, it would capture a face marked with acne, a head full of frizz, and eyes looking anywhere but at the lens. What Chandler queen bee Heidi Whelan sees is a desperate hunger for acceptance and the makings of a willing and useful protégé. Heidi’s roommate, Biz Gibbons-Brown, works her Photoshop magic to create a stunning profile pic of Doreen --- a glossy, digital makeover that Doreen initially rejects...only to wake up the next morning transformed as the girl in the picture. But Doreen quickly becomes accustomed to her newfound power and lives without considering the consequences of her actions.

by Brenna Yovanoff - Friendship, Romance, Young Adult 13+, Youth Fiction

Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can’t even think, trying to outrun the tiny, nagging suspicion that there’s more to life than student council and GPAs. Marshall Holt is not even close to being in Waverly’s world --- he drinks on school nights and gets stoned in the park. But then one night Waverly falls asleep and dreams herself into Marshall’s bedroom --- and when the sun comes up, nothing in her life can ever be the same.